2019-12-15
6 分钟Hi there, this is Harry from www.englishlessonviaskype.com and welcome back to my English learning podcast where I try to help you improve your spoken English and also the grammatical points around that.I've decided to continue with the phrasal verbs. And today I have 4 phrasal verbs for you. Learn English with me. Improve your conversational skills in my Easy Peasy English learning club https://www.englishlessonviaskype.com/easy-peasy-english-club Support the Show.Advanced English lesso...
Hi there, and this is Harry.
Welcome back to our podcasts.
We're getting very close to Christmas, so while you're on your way to do your Christmas shopping or just getting you in the mood, you can listen to the podcast, and hopefully I'll help you, as I always try, with your understanding of the english language.
So, what is the first podcast today?
We have some phrasal verbs.
So four phrasal verbs, get across, put it down to turn up, and single out.
Okay, so let me explain them and give you some examples.
First one, get across.
Well, literally, we can use this to say, when we get across the roads of the road or the street is very busy, the only way to get across is to cross at the zebra crossing or the pedestrian crossing or the traffic light.
So to get across the street or to get across the river, you use the bridge or the footbridge.
Okay, so that's the literal meaning of that.
But the other meaning, metaphorical meaning, is when we want to make somebody understand something that we are trying to explain.
So could we just simply.
We're trying to explain it in English and we're trying to get our point across, or we're trying to explain something a little bit more sophisticated, something in business or some other aspect of our lives.
So when we want to get our message across or to get our point across, it means we want somebody or people to understand what we are saying.
So somebody giving a lecture is always keen to get their point across as quickly as possible.
Some parents trying to talk to their children are always interested in getting the point across so that there's no misunderstanding between them and their children.
Okay, so that is to get the across or to get the point across.
Second phrasal verb, put it down to okay, so we use this when we're talking about some experience, something that has happened, and we don't want to go into too much detail, so we give an explanation.
For example, you walk in to your office or home and you're not feeling very well, you're coughing and sneezing, and your husband or wife or some member of the family or colleague says, oh, what happened to you?